We were all up bright an early this morning. Christian started Olivia’s breakfast while I fed Amelia and got started on my “chores” for the day. I quickly got the kitchen cleaned up, the dishes done and started the laundry. Olivia finished eating and got in some play time while I grabbed a bite to eat…then she and I got ready for a shopping date! I quickly fed Amelia again, and we were off.
Our first stop was Sam’s Club for diapers. Seriously, two in diapers is NO fun financially…Sam’s has be best prices I’ve found so far (Olivia HAS to wear Pampers, otherwise she breaks out really bad, so we don’t even risk it with Amelia)…but still, it’s $78.00 for a box of each of their diapers there! After that, we were off to Target for our weekly shopping. Our fridge is still jam packed with Thanksgiving leftovers, so we could only get some essentials to get through the week. We hurried through the store, then scurried on home.
Christian got Amelia down for her nap while we were gone. Olivia ate a little lunch while I put the groceries away, then it was time for her nap, and the Vikings game for us! The head coach was fired this week (finally), so we were anxious to see how the game went with the new coach. And, they WON! YAY. Hopefully they can finish off the season strong. Most everybody has counted them out completely at this point, but I won’t give up hope yet!
After the game, my dad and stepmom came over for a visit and to go to dinner for my dad’s birthday. We were just going to order in because Amelia is usually so difficult in public, but we decided to give it a whirl. I fed her and we were out the door. We brought her Bebepod Chair for her to sit in since she hates her car seat, and it actually worked out really well! She made it pretty much through dinner with little fussing, and even hung out with my dad for a while! She started getting fussy right as we were paying the bill and getting ready to leave (and Olivia, like usual, was no problem at all – thankfully, she is SO well behaved in public), so it was really perfect timing. However…
There was a guy sitting in the booth behind us, and he kept looking back at us giving us dirty looks – like we needed to get her under control or something. She wasn’t even crying, just letting a whimper out here and there, AND, we were leaving so I’m not quite sure what more he wanted from us. I was so focused on getting the girls ready and getting out the door that I didn’t really stop to realize how upset I was by this man. First of all, we have just as much right to be out as you, sir. Secondly, we were at Applebee’s, a FAMILY restaurant…what do you expect? Third, you are here by yourself…if you saw you were being seated next to two young children, and that bothered you, why didn’t you ask to be seated somewhere else, or sit at the bar? Finally…like I said, we are packing up and leaving, what more do you want us to do for you? Ugh, needed to vent, it was really annoying, and I really wish Christian or I would have said something to him.
After diner, we headed home for some family time. I finished up some more laundry, we played with the girls for a while, gave them their baths and it was off to bed. It’s hard to believe our long weekend together is over already, and it’s back to work. It’s times like this that working mother’s guilt starts to set in…
Here is a picture of Amelia with my dad at dinner (Olivia, like usual, refused to take a picture)…I think it’s just too cute!
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